1. Week of: January 20th
Study: Clothes
Interest
Areas
Monday
Sand and Water: powder,
liquid, and bar soaps; egg
beaters; whisks
Tuesday
Sand and Water: soap,
mixers, and beaters from
the previous day’s
experience
Dramatic Play: laundry
baskets
Large
Group
Music: Beating Drum
Patterns
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Cleaning Clothes
Movement: Move Like a
Washer or Dryer
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Remembering a
Trip to the Laundromat, or
Read Wash and Dry
Teacher:
Sara, Julie, Julie, Karen
Investigation: 2. How do we take care of our clothes?
(Monday–Thursday)
3. How do people make clothes? (Friday)
Wednesday
Library: letter stamps
Thursday
Library: clothesline
story and props or the
pocket storytelling
props
Computer: ebook
version of Wash and
Dry
Book: A Pocket for
Corduroy
Friday
Art: materials for
designing shirts, pencils,
paper, stamps, stencils,
rulers, markers
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Finding and
Making Lines
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Mending
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Designing
Clothes (show sketch in
The Quinceañera)
The Girl Who Wore Too
Much
Patterns on
Clothing
Expression of Ideas and
Feelings through Art
Art: pieces of paper with a
variety of lines drawn on
them, e.g., straight, zigzag,
curved; one or two lines per
sheet
Song: “This Is the Way We
Wash Our Clothes”
Read-Aloud
The Mitten
Llama Llama Red Pajama
The Mitten
Wash and Dry
Small Group
Shaving Cream Letters
Button Letters
Baggie Ice Cream
Ohio Early
Learning &
Development
Standards
Gold
Objectives,
Dimensions
& Indicators
Number Sense and
Counting
Spatial Relationships
Oral Motor
Dramatic Story
Retelling
Receptive language
and Comprehension
Objective 20
Uses Number Concepts
and Operations
Objective 21
Explores and describes
spatial relationships and
shapes
Objective 9
Uses language to express
thoughts and needs
Objective 8
Listens to and
understands
increasingly complex
language
Outdoor Experiences: Walking the Line; Going on a Line Hunt; Follow the Leader on a Line; Up and Away
Family Partnerships: Swimming
Wow! Experiences: Monday—A visit to the Laundry Room
Game: Sort by Shirt
Design
Objective 14
Uses symbols and images
to represent something not
present